Monday, November 24, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
God noise (3 of 3)
By day 5 fish and birds filled the planet and noise was born. Perhaps even before that as God placed the stars in the sky. God spoke, Adam and Eve spoke and verbal noise filled the silence of the garden. Communication and dialogue became the basis for relationship.
Always has been and always will be.
God speaks and we speak. God sings and we sing.
Noise is formed on earth that has a heavenly audience and noise is formed in the heavens that reverberates on earth. Noise always has a response.
The king of the Psalms required the most skilled musos in the temple. Releasing the best possible sound in the House became the offering that was indeed precious and had value. Extravagant worship.
When noise becomes orderly and executed with skill, it becomes music. Notes, chord structures, lyrics and rhythm. Chaos becomes Beautiful. Honourable. Memorable. Worthy. God’s instructions are that we make it joyful and that we make it in truth.
Communicating the state of our heart is perhaps the most precious gift we have ever been given. This is the real art of noise.
Always has been and always will be.
God speaks and we speak. God sings and we sing.
Noise is formed on earth that has a heavenly audience and noise is formed in the heavens that reverberates on earth. Noise always has a response.
The king of the Psalms required the most skilled musos in the temple. Releasing the best possible sound in the House became the offering that was indeed precious and had value. Extravagant worship.
When noise becomes orderly and executed with skill, it becomes music. Notes, chord structures, lyrics and rhythm. Chaos becomes Beautiful. Honourable. Memorable. Worthy. God’s instructions are that we make it joyful and that we make it in truth.
Communicating the state of our heart is perhaps the most precious gift we have ever been given. This is the real art of noise.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
the art of noise (2 of 3)
There once was a man who stumbled across the notion that “noise was the sound of music for the new century”. That man was Luigi Russolo and the year was 1885.
Associating the new urban sprawl and industrialisation with a new sound, the futurists of the day saw with clarity and vision that the aural landscape of the future would sound vastly different than the Victoriana they were used to. Noise and industry were shaping the soundtrack of the future.
Noise that could be broken into categories like: Skilled and Unskilled, Pitched and Unpitched, Considered and Spontaneous, Appropriate and Inappropriate
Once these parameters were established, dexterity and discipline was required to execute the noise with precision and passion.
Man has always understood the need for noise. Understanding a little history helps.
The evolution of music runs in tandem with the development of man and his surroundings. Primitive man created with a reed and a piece of stretched string. Middle ages man understood melody but used no chords in their Gregorian chants. 19th century man saw polyphony fully developed, orchestras tackling complex rhythmic works from composers who understood the layering of multi-rhythmic and melodic structures.
21st century man has been spoiled for choice. From the early days of rock and roll, to motown to the present conglomerate of beats, technology means that music is more accessible than ever before. This man understands how to listen but also how to create, perhaps more than in any other time in the history of music.
The key is what we do with what we have.
Russolo issued the challenge back in the day to “young musicians of talent” to develop new sounds, tones and noise.
To combine the sounds of life with imagination and creativity. To be innovators not imitators. To be first, best or different.
Nothing has changed. The challenge is as fresh today as it was then. Noise is still the soundtrack for modern life. The rest is up to us.
Associating the new urban sprawl and industrialisation with a new sound, the futurists of the day saw with clarity and vision that the aural landscape of the future would sound vastly different than the Victoriana they were used to. Noise and industry were shaping the soundtrack of the future.
Noise that could be broken into categories like: Skilled and Unskilled, Pitched and Unpitched, Considered and Spontaneous, Appropriate and Inappropriate
Once these parameters were established, dexterity and discipline was required to execute the noise with precision and passion.
Man has always understood the need for noise. Understanding a little history helps.
The evolution of music runs in tandem with the development of man and his surroundings. Primitive man created with a reed and a piece of stretched string. Middle ages man understood melody but used no chords in their Gregorian chants. 19th century man saw polyphony fully developed, orchestras tackling complex rhythmic works from composers who understood the layering of multi-rhythmic and melodic structures.
21st century man has been spoiled for choice. From the early days of rock and roll, to motown to the present conglomerate of beats, technology means that music is more accessible than ever before. This man understands how to listen but also how to create, perhaps more than in any other time in the history of music.
The key is what we do with what we have.
Russolo issued the challenge back in the day to “young musicians of talent” to develop new sounds, tones and noise.
To combine the sounds of life with imagination and creativity. To be innovators not imitators. To be first, best or different.
Nothing has changed. The challenge is as fresh today as it was then. Noise is still the soundtrack for modern life. The rest is up to us.
Friday, November 14, 2008
the essence of noise (1 of 3)
Noise is the soundtrack of our life. Over the past few decades that soundtrack has been radically transformed. Goodbye to blue suede shoes, black and white TV and Vietnam…hello to justice, digitalism and denim that’s tight.
Noise is your fingerprint…your effort to scream out from the masses and establish your uniqueness. That sound is yours and yours alone. Make it loud and make it joyful because there’s no one else like you that can make someone sit up and take notice.
Noise is the sound of triumph in adversity, the sound of laughter and crying, the sound of industry and individualism. Noise can exist in our heads when the rest of the world is silent. Noise can bring peace in our heads when the sounds around us are trying their best to drown it all out.
Noise is the antithesis of peace yet noise is peace.
The dichotomy of the two is the very thing that causes us to use our voice. To use it for good. To use it for change. To use it for beauty.
To use it to give praise.
Noise is life.
Noise is your fingerprint…your effort to scream out from the masses and establish your uniqueness. That sound is yours and yours alone. Make it loud and make it joyful because there’s no one else like you that can make someone sit up and take notice.
Noise is the sound of triumph in adversity, the sound of laughter and crying, the sound of industry and individualism. Noise can exist in our heads when the rest of the world is silent. Noise can bring peace in our heads when the sounds around us are trying their best to drown it all out.
Noise is the antithesis of peace yet noise is peace.
The dichotomy of the two is the very thing that causes us to use our voice. To use it for good. To use it for change. To use it for beauty.
To use it to give praise.
Noise is life.
why do we make noise?
Psalm 149 in the message says this:
Sing to god a brand new song; praise him in the company of all who love Him. Let us strike up the band and make great music. And why? because God delights in His people...He festoons plain folk with salvation garlands.
The word festoon means to decorate, adorn, or wear and the word garland means a beautiful plaited wreath of flowers worn as a mark of honour.
The Psalm is saying that God will decorate us in a wreath of salvation...in other words, He will clothe us beautifully in salvation. As we praise Him, he will decorate us with the beautiful fragrance of eternity. He will turn the plain and ordinary into something extraordinary. He will take us plain fold and make us beautiful. Forever.
Sing to god a brand new song; praise him in the company of all who love Him. Let us strike up the band and make great music. And why? because God delights in His people...He festoons plain folk with salvation garlands.
The word festoon means to decorate, adorn, or wear and the word garland means a beautiful plaited wreath of flowers worn as a mark of honour.
The Psalm is saying that God will decorate us in a wreath of salvation...in other words, He will clothe us beautifully in salvation. As we praise Him, he will decorate us with the beautiful fragrance of eternity. He will turn the plain and ordinary into something extraordinary. He will take us plain fold and make us beautiful. Forever.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
accepted
did my audition, it went great, so great in fact that i got accepted! so watch out auckland cause im hitting you up in 2009. boom ba boom boom boom.... boom...
EXCEL SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS here i come =D
EXCEL SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS here i come =D
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)